Hezekiah Beers (abt. 1754 - 1778)

Born about 1754 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Died 28 Apr 1778 at about age 24 in Valley Forge, Montgomery, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Corporal Hezekiah Beers served with 2nd Connecticut Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Hezekiah Beers is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A008540.

Hezekiah Beers died at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania during the American Revolution.

Hezekiah Beers was Baptized: 21 Apr 1754 @ Westport, Connecticut.

BEERS, HEZEKIAH

Service: CONNECTICUT Rank(s): CORPORAL

Birth: 16 Apr 1754 FAIRFIELD CONNECTICUT

Death: 28 Apr 1778 VALLEY FORGE PENNSYLVANIA

Service Description: 1) ALSO PVT JOHN MILLS CO. 2ND REGT

Hezekiah Beers died at Valley Forge . At Valley Forge, the Continentals struggled to manage a disastrous supply crisis while retraining and reorganizing their units. About 1,700 to 2,000 soldiers died from disease, possibly exacerbated by malnutrition.

Sources

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-N18N : 1 March 2021), Hezekiah Bears, 09 May 1775; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711093.

• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7Y-T6CM : 21 September 2019), Hezekiah Beers, ; citing Birth, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272220.

• "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DG-HBTP : 20 February 2021), Hezekiah Beers, Jul 1777; citing Jul 1777, Connecticut, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,285.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 17 Dec 2021), "Record of Hezekiah Beers", Ancestor # A008540.

Also See

• Jacobus, Donald Lines, compiled & edited (1930-2). History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (Fairfield, Connecticut) vol. 2, page 83